A/N I'm sorry about how confusing this chapter is but hopefully it should all make sense soon. Please review!
Nothing Will Ever Bring Us Back Together
Chapter Seventeen- Torture
STARK HOUSEHOLD
"Avengers-" Director Fury said.
"Don't call us that, we all left, eye patch. There are no Avengers." Tony replied. He had just been woken up and let's just say, not in the best of moods.
"And also Natasha is not here. Where is she?" Clint wondered. He was sure Natasha had been next to him when he fell asleep the night before.
"Well then, you lot, you might want to assemble." The director said calmly, as if it was nothing out of the ordinary.
"WHAT?" The voices of Steve Rogers, Clint Barton, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner and Thor exclaimed.
"Your wives and daughters have been taken, it's in your best interest." He carried on. He was met with silence until Tony regained his voice,
"Pepper, Ella?" He whispered.
"Tasha? Katya?" Clint questioned.
"Betty, Lilly?" Bruce looked shocked.
"Jane..." Thor said.
"Peggy? Alice?" They were all Steve had.
"Yes, all of them. Are you going to get them or does someone else have to die for you to assemble?"
"I'm going guys, Where are they?" Bruce asked.
"We don't know." The director said
"Who has them?" Clint asked.
"We don't know." The director said.
"What is he doing to them?" Steve asked.
"We don't know. I realise it's not much to go on-" The director said.
"That's nothing to go on." Tony cut him off..
"But Stark and Banner may be able to locate it. A helicarrier just like-" The director said.
"Don't say it." S.H.I.E.L.D. brought back memories for Clint. Of the Avengers, of Natasha, of Phil. He proposed to her on that helicarrier.
"Ok Barton. This helicarrier can go under water and also in the sky. If you two can sweep the sky and North Atlantic Ocean for any signs of technology we can find them. They were headed that way."
"Ok, us two will do that. The rest of you can go get the boys up and show them their suits and weapons and maybe get in a little training." Tony said.
"Will do. Everyone go." Steve said, the Captain in him coming back to him. Clint and Thor went upstairs to wake their sons. Steve went to wake Joe and Lewis.
ENEMY BASE SOMEPLACE ON EARTH
Something was not right. For one Betty Banner remembered passing out on a soft couch at Tony Stark's place, not this hard mattress in a cold, dark room. Two she remembered Bruce being beside her, not Lilly. "Mum? What's happened? Where the heck are we?"
"Lils, I don't know, I just don't know. I only pray someone comes to get us." Betty then burst out crying, leaving Lilly helpless. She mentally damned her parents for not telling her about their pasts.
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Natasha thought the same thoughts. She knew going to that party was a bad idea. Why did Clint want to go? Why did Ethan fall in love with Stark's daughter? Why was Katya friends with his son? Why did Ethan get Bruce's son as a Pen pal? What had led her perfect family to this twisted version of fate?
"Mum?" Katya whispered, sounding really scared.
"Kat, do you have a bow or knife?"
"No, sorry, I've only got one arrow minus a head."
'Damn it' Natasha thought. She knew her guns had been taken as well, along with her knives, her widow bites had been left at home.
"Don't be sorry. Katya, I am going to protect you. I will never let anyone hurt you." Katya didn't believe her. Natasha couldn't see her face not to know.
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Pepper rolled over expecting to see Tony Stark's sleeping face beside her. Instead it was Ella's.
"What the heck are you doing in my bed?" She shouted and ran across the room, expecting to find a door. There wasn't one.
"What is this place?" Ella asked, rubbing her eyes but, seemingly calm. "J.A.R.V.I.S. where are we?" There was no reply. "Mum, I think we've been taken." Pepper stared at her. She realized what her daughter had said was probably true. They both started crying in to the others shoulders.
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Peggy was sleeping peacefully. Alice grew tired of waiting. She prodded her. "Mum? Where are we?" Alice barely whispered. She was hardly ten. Unlike all the others, she had not known her father was special in any way. Tony had shown his kids his suit and their suits. Thor had shown Blaze how to control his fire and even though he didn't know about Asgard he knew he was special in some way. Clint and Natasha had taught their kids their skills. Bruce had lost it one night and exploded in to the other guy before running into the woods, and taught Lewis how to make the other guy listen to people. Steve had never shown her his Shield or suit and though that she was too young to train. Now she was defenceless and her mother would not wake up. "mum, Mum, MUM!" She shouted.
"Can't you tell Daddy, baby?" Peggy asked.
"He's not here." Alice started crying.
"Baby," Peggy finally opened her eyes. This was not Stark's mansion. "Alice, baby, stop crying. I know where we are." She didn't but guessed Alice needed security now. "And you can be damn well sure that Daddy will come and save us, with all those nice guys we met last night." Alice sniffed. She sensed she needed to be strong, if not for her, for her mother. "Alice. Look at me," Peggy said and when their eyes connected, "I love you."
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Jane was the only one to wake up alone and though she did not know it, last. 'Where am I?' She thought and once she realized it was a cell, she shouted "Thor, you better get your arse down here and save me cause if I get hurt you will probably hurt yourself and no one will look after Blaze." After an hour though, for some reason she was sure Thor was not coming. There was always Darcy.
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There was a creak at the door. "Lilly get behind me." Betty whispered however, the guards pushed her forwards. They were both handcuffed and led through a mixture of passage ways to a room which had a red light above the door. It wasn't on. The door had a sign on it which read 'STARK'
"Not this one," one of the guys muttered, "They're Banner." Betty and Lilly were led down the rest of the corridor, past ROGERS, ODINSON and BARTON. Betty wondered whether everyone had been caught or whether it was just their wives and daughters. As they walked past BARTON she wondered if Natasha had been taken, being a master assassin and all. The cuffs were taken off and they were thrown into the final room which said BANNER.
"Welcome, Elizabeth and Lilly, to your own personal torture." A voice full of malice said and It began.
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"Pepper Potts. Wife to Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. and Iron Man. and his daughter." A voice coming out of the blackness said. Pepper had stopped crying about half an hour ago but Ella was still going.
"I love you, El. They're going to take us somewhere now but Dad, Joe, Ethan, Ethan's Dad, Your pen pals brother, his Dad, and all the others will save us. Your not going to die, I won't let you." Pepper whispered as a man in black walked into the room..
"I'll be ok mum. just stay with me." Ella sniffed back. This man didn't talk to them as he put some cuffs on. Pepper and Ella came from the opposite end of the corridor to Betty and Lilly. As they passed BANNER, Pepper heard a scream from the room. That was horrible. Also, if that had made Betty or Lilly scream, what sort of torture were they going to inflict upon them. The BANNER light was also the only one flashing, none of the others were, did they have different tortures for each of them? They passed BARTON, ODINSON and ROGERS. They stopped in front of STARK. They were decuffed and pushed into the room.
"Welcome, Virginia and Ella, to your own personal torture." A voice, full of malice said, and It began.
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"Alice, are you ok? Just stay with me, baby." Peggy said as the door opened.
"Mummy I'm scared." Alice whimpered.
"Mummy I'm scared," a guy who had just walked into the room imitated. He came in and roughly handcuffed them both, tearing Alice away from Peggy. Peggy gave him a look, and wished she had the strength to fight. He left with promises to be back and Peggy ran over to Alice.
"Alice baby, I can't lose you, I can't let daddy lose you, he's lost too many people. I promise, baby, you'll be-" The man came back and cut her off by saying,
"Come on, or I'll force you to come." He grabbed Alice, who had curled up in a ball on the floor and, held her at arms length, still in her ball.
"Alice, baby," Peggy's desperate call was met with Alice's cries.
"Come," the other man said, "It's the only way to protect her." Peggy ran after her, the other man barely keeping up. She walked passed BANNER and heard someone crying, BARTON and heard nothing, ODINSON and heard nothing, and stopped at ROGERS. She also heard what can only be described as something hitting the wall, further down the corridor and guessed that was STARK. The man holding Alice set her down and was removing her handcuffs. The other man removed hers. What was the point in them in the first place? They only made her run slower? The nicer man gently pushed them into the room.
"Welcome, Margret III and Alice, to your own personal torture." A voice, full of malice said, and It began.
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"Who are you?" Jane asked when a man in black uniform walked in.
"Can't tell ya, more than my jobs worth to tell you that." The man in black uniform said.
"Have you got Blaze or Thor?" Jane asked, only caring about them.
"I don't think so, I am telling the truth. Actually I know we don't. Boss told us to only take the women and girls." She could tell that he was being truthful.
"So, little Alice is in this hell hole, and Katya?" Now she was worried about the other kids.
"Yeah, I probably. I saw what he did to Alice was it? Though, that was horrible.." He gagged at the memory.
"Who is even here?" Jane was suddenly curious hoping that it would buy her more time.
"Two Banners, Two Bartons, Two Rogers, Two Starks and you. The others all have someone with them." The guy replied.
"Oh, Ok. Can we get this over and done with?" She didn't care about time anymore. If she was going to die, she wanted it over and done with.
"Yeah, sorry this is necessary." He clicked the handcuffs in to place. "Follow me." When they got to the final hallway, there were all sorts of different sounds. Screaming, crying, weird different noises and more. Jane guessed they all had different tortures and hers was something to do with Thor. He took the handcuffs off and followed her into the room which said ODINSON.
"I'm so sorry about this." He whispered as he got her to stand up against a wall. He chained her to it, apologising all the time. He inserted a needle in her left arm and practically ran out.
"Welcome, Jane, to your own personal torture." A voice, full of malice said, and It began.
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Natasha saw something move in the darkness. Her hands flew to her holsters which, of course, were empty. "Hey don't kill me," A voice said it was a guy wearing a black uniform, "It's only my job."
"Then let us out of here." Natasha growled back at him.
"No my jobs worth more than that." He replied
"Where are we?" Katya asked, sweetly.
"I don't know. The sky somewhere, or the sea. It's like that helicarrier thing S.H.I.E.L.D. has." He replied, not knowing that she didn't know what S.H.I.E.L.D. was.
"Don't mention that." S.H.I.E.L.D. brought back memories for Natasha. Of the Avengers, of Clint. He proposed to her on that helicarrier. Katya knew nothing.
"What the hell is S.H.I.E.L.D.?" Katya asked and the guy said
"Cos I'm nice I'm going to give you 60 seconds of private time to tell her." He left the room.
"Go." Katya said once he had left.
"S.H.I.E.L.D. is the secret agency that Dad and I worked at. We-we were assassins ok? We didn't want you to be scared of us. S.H.I.E.L.D. is still around, from what I hear, and it brought me, dad and the men we met last night together. The Avengers. Questions?" Katya just stared at her until the guy came back.
"Guys your 60 seconds is up. Sorry but I have to put these on you now." He held up two sets of handcuffs.
"You touch her and you die." Natasha growled.
"I'll be very careful not to touch her." He replied. He put the cuffs on Natasha and then carefully on Katya, and didn't touch her. He looked back at Natasha who mouthed so Katya didn't see or hear, 'Look after her, please.' He nodded.
"Lee, I'll take it from here." Another guy said, entering the room. He kicked Natasha out of the room, physically kicked her, and said, "You take that one." He went out after her.
"Come on," He said gently, "I promised I would look after you." The two female Bartons were led down a corridor to a white room. Their cuffs were removed and some clothes were throw at them. Clothes maybe a bit of a over statement. Both of them were given vest tops and shorts which had more holes than Swiss cheese, were very thin and covered in blood but not their blood, yet.
"You guys done yet?" The guy who the other guy called Lee asked.
"Yes," Came Natasha's hoarse reply. Katya hadn't noticed that her mum had been silently crying. Katya thought she was going to vomit if she said anything. They were re-cuffed and led down two more corridors. The third corridor had lights above their doors, as well as names on them. Only one light wasn't on and Natasha saw it was BARTON as that had passed STARK, ODINSON and ROGERS. The room further down with a flashing light must have been BANNER. They were decuffed again and the guy who was not Lee kicked, again physically, into this room. Katya cautiously.
"Welcome, Natalia and Yekaterina to your own personal torture." A voice, full of malice said, and It began.